The Ministry of Interior ( ar, وزارة الداخلية) is the interior ministry of Syria. Its headquarters are located on Kafr Sousa in Damascus. According to the Ministry official website, its tasks are limited to the protection and enforcement of security.

Organization

The Ministry of Interior is divided into several Directorates: * General Security Directorate; * Political Security Directorate; * Criminal Security Directorate; * Anti-Narcotics Directorate; * Medical Services Directorate. The Ministry of Interior also have a

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, the '' Syrian Special Mission Forces''.

Ministers of Interior

* Taj al-Din al-Hasani (17 May 1934 – 23 February 1936) *

Ata Bey al-Ayyubi Ata Bey al-Ayyubi ( ar, عطا الأيوبي, ʿAtā al-Ayyūbī; 25 March 1877 – 21 December 1951) was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman civil servant who served as president and prime minister of Syria. Born to a prominent Politics, political famil ...

(23 February 1936 – 21 December 1936) * Saadallah al-Jabiri (21 December 1936 – 18 February 1939) * Nasuhi al-Bukhari (5 April 1939 – 8 July 1939)

* Khalid al-Azm (3 April 1941 – September 1941) * Lutfi al-Haffar (19 August 1943 – 14 October 1944) *

Rushdi al-Kikhya Rushdi al-Kikhya ( ar, رشدي الكيخيا; 1899– 14 March 1987) was a Syrian political leader who founded the People's party in 1948. Kikhya was elected as a Speaker of the Parliament of Syria between 1949 and 1951, and he was elected fi ...

(14 August 1949 – 12 December 1949) * Rashad Barmada (4 June 1950 – 27 March 1951) * Sami Kabbara (28 March 1951 – 8 August 1951) * Rashad Barmada (9 August 1951 – 28 November 1951) *

Sabri al-Asali Sabri al-Asali ( ar, صبري العسلي; 1903 – 13 April 1976) was a Syrian politician and a three-time prime minister of Syria. He also served as vice-president of the United Arab Republic in 1958. Early life Al-Asali was born into a wealt ...

(31 December 1956 – 6 March 1958) * Rushdi Al-Kikhya

Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj Abdel Hamid Sarraj ( ar, عبد الحميد السراج, September 1925 – 23September 2013) was a Syrian Army officer and politician. When the union between Egypt and Syria was declared, Sarraj, a staunch Arab nationalist and supporter ...

(6 March 1958 – 28 September 1961) * Adnan Qutla (29 September 1961 – 20 November 1961) * Ahmad Qanbar (22 December 1961 – 27 March 1962) * Abdel Halim Qaddur (16 April 1962 – 17 September 1962) * Aziz Abdul Karim (17 September 1962 – 8 March 1963) Nureddin Atassi

Amin al-Hafiz Amin al-Hafiz ( ar, أمين الحافظ, Amīn al-Ḥāfiẓ12 November 1921 – 17 December 2009), also known as Amin Hafez was a Syrian politician, general, and member of the Ba'ath Party who served as the President of Syria from 27 July ...

(9 March 1963 – 4 August 1963) *

Nureddin al-Atassi Noureddin Mustafa Ali al-Atassi ( ar, نور الدين مصطفى الأتاسي, translit=Nūr ad-Dīn Muṣṭafā al-'Atasī, 11 January 1929 – 3 December 1992) was President of Syria from February 1966 to November 1970. Early life and ...

(4 August 1963 – 14 May 1964) * Mohamed Fahmy Achouri (14 May 1964 – 3 October 1964) * Abd al-Karim al-Jundi (3 October 1964 – 24 December 1964) * Mohammed Khair Badawi (24 December 1964 – 23 September 1965) * Mohammed Eid Achaoui (23 September 1965 – 27 December 1965) * Mohamed Fahmy Achouri (1 January 1966 – 23 February 1966) * Mohammed Eid Achaoui (1 March 1966 – 28 October 1968) * Mohammed Rabah Al-Tawil (28 October 1968 – 21 November 1970) *Abdul Rahman Khalafawi (21 November 1970 – 4 March 1971) *Ali Zaza (4 March 1971 – 8 July 1976) *Adnan Dabbagh (8 July 1976 – 14 January 1980) *Nasser al-Din Nasser (14 January 1980 – 8 April 1985) *Mohammad Ghobash (8 April 1985 – 11 January 1987) *Muhammad Harba (11 January 1987 – 12 December 2001) *

Ali Hammoud Ali Hammoud ( ar, علي حمود, born 1944) is a former Syrian intelligence officer and general who served as minister of interior from 2001 to 2004. Early life Hammoud was born in Homs into an Alawite family in 1944. Career Hammoud served ...

(13 December 2001 – 7 October 2004) *

Ghazi Kanaan Ghazi Kanaan ( ar, غازي كنعان; 1942 – 12 October 2005), also known as Abu Yo'roub, was Syria's interior minister from 2004 to 2005, and long-time head of Syria's security apparatus in Lebanon. His violent death during an investigati ...

(7 October 2004 – 12 October 2005) * Bassam Abdel Majeed (12 February 2006 – 23 April 2009) * Said Sammour (23 April 2009 – 14 April 2011) * Mohammad al-Shaar (14 April 2011 – 26 November 2018) * Mohammad Khaled al-Rahmoun (26 November 2018 – ''incumbent'')

Government of Syria Government of the Syrian Arab Republic is the union government created by the constitution of Syria where by the president is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Sy ...

Law enforcement in Syria Law enforcement in Syria is carried out by the Public Security Police, which is a force for general policing duties; internal security duties are carried out by different intelligence agencies. The Political Security Directorate is one of these ...

References

Syria Interior {{syria-stub

Organization

Ministers of Interior

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